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I think this may be part of the actual Kinmundy House, seat of the Fergusons of Kinmundy. It was a classical 18th century house, probably built for James Ferguson, 1st of Kinmundy (1696-1777). The original house was attacked by Gordon of Glenbucket's army during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, but the story goes that Lady Kinmundy sent a message to the commanding officer that she had just prepared some food for his men when they set fire to her house and that if they wanted their dinner they would have to put the fire out first. A later Ferguson of Kinmundy, William Ferguson (1823-1904) was Chairman of the Great North of Scotland Railway from 1879 until his death, and the last of the line died during the First World War. The house fell into disrepair in the 20th century after the roof was removed to avoid having to pay rates. My thanks to Richard Hodgson for information about the house and family. For the avoidance of any confusion with other houses of the same name in the parishes of New Machar and Skene, this one is in the parish of Old Deer.

The map marks Kinmundy House as a ruin. I don't think this is the original house, but possibly a later steading or barn.

One of the many clumps of snowdrops surrounding the ruins at Kinmundy.

A carpet of snowdrops in the woods at Kinmundy. I was a little surprised to see that many of them were already over, because it seems like just a few days since the whole countryside was blanketed in snow.